Cinnamon Has a Surprising Health BenefitTIMEIf you love cinnamon, add an extra shake to your next meal: new research shows that the popular spice boosts metabolism in mouse and human fat cells. In the new study, published in the journal Metabolism, researchers from the University of Michigan ...

Avatar therapy 'reduces power of schizophrenia voices'BBC NewsConfronting an avatar on a computer screen helped patients hearing voices to cope better with hallucinations, a UK trial has found. Patients who received this therapy became less distressed and heard voices less often compared with those who had ...

Three cups of coffee a day 'may have health benefits'BBC NewsModerate coffee drinking is safe, and three to four cups a day may have some health benefits, according to a large review of studies, in the BMJ. It found a lower risk of liver disease and some cancers in coffee drinkers, and a lower risk of dying from ...

World's smallest tape recorder is built from microbesPhys.OrgAudio signals can be stored in a magnetic tape medium; similarly the microscopic data recorder stores biological signals into a CRISPR tape in bacteria. Credit: Wang Lab/Columbia University Medical Center. Through a few clever molecular hacks, ...

Hunters charged with illegally importing deer carcassesThe Bellingham HeraldWildlife officials in Tennessee say four hunters have been charged with illegally importing carcasses of white-tailed deer with chronic wasting disease into the state. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency says the hunters were charged in November ...